Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position across each system and honors the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in their organization. Click here to locate your favorite club.The Blue Jays were a distant fourth in the American League East this year, finishing 17

LANSING, Mich. - The Lansing Lugnuts closed their 22nd Midwest League season with a 10-1 loss to the Dayton Dragons in a Labor Day matinee at Cooley Law School Stadium.The Lugnuts finished the season with a 63-73 record, going 37-29 in the first half and 26-44 in the second half.

LANSING, Mich. - Spot-starter Yonardo Herdenez tossed five innings of two-hit, two-run baseball, but Michael Beltre's RBI single in the ninth lifted the Dayton Dragons (29-40, 70-69) over the Lansing Lugnuts (26-43, 63-72), 5-4, on Sunday afternoon at Cooley Law School Stadium.Two games remain for the Lugnuts: Monday afternoon's regular-season

LANSING, Mich. - Jose Siri's two-out RBI single in the ninth forced extra innings, and the Dayton Dragons (28-40, 69-69) went on to defeat the Lansing Lugnuts (26-42, 63-71) in ten innings, 7-6, on Saturday night at Cooley Law School Stadium.Dayton built leads of 3-0 and 4-2, but a four-run

LANSING, Mich. - J.B. Woodman belted a three-run go-ahead home run to cap a five-run fifth inning, and the Lansing Lugnuts (24-40, 61-69) tipped the Fort Wayne TinCaps (39-25, 65-69), 6-5, on Monday night at Cooley Law School Stadium.The win gave the Lugnuts a split in the four-game set, coming

MIDLAND, Mich. - The Great Lakes Loons (29-31, 65-65) scored five runs in the second innings and coasted to a 5-2 victory over the Lansing Lugnuts (22-38, 59-67) on Thursday night at Dow Diamond.With the result, the Loons won both the series, two of three games, and the season series,

MIDLAND, Mich. - The Lansing Lugnuts (21-31, 58-60) brought a 6-5 lead to the seventh inning, but the Great Lakes Loons (23-29, 59-62) scored three runs in the seventh and two more in the eighth for a 10-6 win on Wednesday night at Dow Diamond.With one out in the pivotal

DAYTON, OH - The Dayton Dragons (14-30, 55-59) escaped a last-ditch Lansing Lugnuts (18-26, 55-55) rally, snapping a nine-game losing streak with a 3-2 win on Monday night at Fifth Third Field.With two outs and no one on base in the top of the ninth, Javier Hernandez lined a single

DAYTON, OH - Bruce Yari forced extra innings with a dramatic home run in the bottom of the ninth - only to see Rodrigo Orozco blast a two-out, two-run homer in the tenth inning, lifting the Lansing Lugnuts (18-25, 55-54) to a 5-3 win over the Dayton Dragons (13-30, 54-59)

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Osman Gutierrez struck out 10 batters in seven dominant innings, and the Lansing Lugnuts (16-23, 53-52) shut out the Bowling Green Hot Rods (22-16, 53-52), 8-0, on Wednesday night at Bowling Green Ballpark.It was the Lugnuts' sixth shutout victory of 2017, their first since May 31st. 

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LANSING, Mich. - Edward Olivares finished a triple shy of a cycle and Nick Sinay had a three-run triple amid a seven-run fifth-inning rally, helping the Lansing Lugnuts (12-20, 49-49) deal the Dayton Dragons (12-20, 53-49) an 11-7 defeat on Wednesday night at Cooley Law School Stadium.The Nuts had scored five runs or fewer

DAVENPORT, Ia. - The Quad Cities River Bandits (19-9, 56-40) received three-run homers from Daz Cameron and Chuckie Robinson in a 14-3 rout of the Lansing Lugnuts (10-18, 47-47) on Friday night at Modern Woodmen Park.The River Bandits scored at least one run in each of the first seven innings before Griffin

DAVENPORT, Ia. - Yennsy Diaz dazzled in six innings and Rodrigo Orozco contributed huge moments with his bat and his glove to lift the Lansing Lugnuts (10-17, 47-46) to a 3-2 triumph over the Quad Cities River Bandits (18-9, 55-40) on Thursday night at Modern Woodmen Park.After the Nuts fell to the Bandits in

DAVENPORT, Ia. - Ronnie Dawson homered twice in a nine-run second inning, and the Quad Cities River Bandits (18-8, 55-39) handed the Lansing Lugnuts (9-17, 46-46) a record-setting 20-3 loss in the opener of a three-game series on Wednesday night at Modern Woodmen Park.The Lugnuts set a dubious franchise record with

LANSING, Mich. - Rodrigo Orozco forced extra innings with an RBI double in the ninth, Nash Knight delivered a walk-off RBI single in the 12th, and the Lansing Lugnuts (9-16, 46-45) rode a masterful bullpen performance to a 4-3 victory over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (11-14, 37-56) on Monday afternoon at Cooley Law School

LANSING, Mich. - Weston Wilson's sixth-inning grand slam provided the difference in a Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (11-12, 37-54) 4-2 victory over the Lansing Lugnuts (7-16, 44-45) on Saturday night at Cooley Law School Stadium.A crowd of 8,960 was in attendance, watching the pre-game induction of Ty Cobb and the 1959 Hamtramck

LANSING, Mich. - We hold these truths to be self-evident: That Bo Bichette  and Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. ignited a sellout crowd with back-to-back RBI doubles in the first inning, that Osman Gutierrez  turned in one of his best starts of the year, that Edward Olivares  slammed his team-leading 13th home run, and that the Lansing Lugnuts

LANSING, Mich. - The Lansing Lugnuts (2-6, 39-35) rallied back from a five-run deficit to force extra innings, only to see a Jonah Heim two-run homer lift the Bowling Green Hot Rods (3-5, 34-41) to an 11-9 ten-inning win on Thursday night at Cooley Law School Stadium.The Lugnuts and Hot Rods

COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. - Andy Ravel pitched into the eighth inning, but the West Michigan Whitecaps (4-0, 49-22) broke a 2-2 tie with three eighth-inning runs, sweeping the Lansing Lugnuts (0-4, 37-33), 5-2, on Sunday afternoon at Fifth Third Ballpark.The Whitecaps won six straight games against the Lugnuts sandwiching the All-Star Break:

LANSING, Mich. - The West Michigan Whitecaps (44-22) collected a Midwest League record 11 doubles, tied a franchise record with 25 hits, and outslugged the Lansing Lugnuts (37-28), 15-8, on Friday night at Cooley Law School Stadium.Coupled with the Dayton Dragons' 4-1 victory in Fort Wayne, the Lugnuts were eliminated from

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Mitch Nay , a 2014 Midwest League All-Star, homered in his return to action, and the Lansing Lugnuts (35-26) outslugged the Fort Wayne TinCaps (23-41), 9-7, on Monday night at Parkview Field.After dropping the first two games of the series, the Lugnuts came back with a pair

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Edward Olivares homered for the second straight day and Christian Williams added a solo shot, but the Lansing Lugnuts (33-26) were doubled up by the Fort Wayne TinCaps (23-39), 8-4, on Saturday at Parkview Field.It was the fifth straight victory for Fort Wayne over Lansing - and the fourth straight

COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. - The Lansing Lugnuts (30-24) scored three runs in the ninth inning, including a tie-breaking squeeze executed by Rodrigo Orozco , pulling out an 8-6 win over the West Michigan Whitecaps (38-18), on Sunday afternoon at Fifth Third Ballpark.The Lugnuts avoided losing all three games in the series against